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• ?? MAHIEUX, Volckerinckhove... Hauts de France († 1793)
• Catharina Sibers, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ava (Eva) Oud, Westzaan († 1826)
• Carolus Verhoeven, Heist op den Berg († 1843)
• Arend (Arie Arij) Hermanus Waasdorp, Leiden († 1848)
• Adriana Versteden, Moergestel
• Adriana Versteden, Moergestel (Noord-Brabant) († 1854)
• Aartje Driessen Beek, Doornspijk († 1834)
• Arie Hermanus Waasdorp, Leiden († 1848)
• Adriana Wisse, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1864)

• ANTON FOUTZ LERCH (72)
• Adam Philippe de Custine (53), Paris
• Geertruid VENDERBOSCH
• ?? MAHIEUX (0), Volckerinckhove... Hauts de France
• Eliaser Lazi Mozes Kouseband Levie-Hozenman (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Markus (2), Arnhem
• Cornelis Paulus Colthoff (30), Loevenstein
• Jan Erkelens (72)
• Adriana van Gunsteren (49), Den Haag
• Barbera van Lint (2), Rotterdam

• 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
• 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
• 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
• 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
• 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
• 1822 » Graham Berry, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Victoria († 1904)
• 1827 » Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess († 1894)
• 1833 » Edward Burne-Jones, English artist of the Pre-Raphaelite movement († 1898)
• 1837 » Francis von Hohenstein, duke of Teck († 1900)
• 1840 » Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club († 1900)

• 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793 » Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740)
• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Leendert
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Trijntje
7. Catharina
8. Grietje
9. Neeltje
10. Aaltje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Marie
14. Jannetje
15. Antje
16. Elizabeth

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 23 » Second Partition of Poland.
• February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
• April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
• May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
• October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.

The temperature on August 28, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.